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Armand Chavez, alias
Diazien Hossencofft, was a New Mexico resident convicted of the murder of his ex-wife, Girly Chew Hossencofft.
His girlfriend, Linda Henning, was convicted later in New Mexico on
a related charge.

Girly Hossencofft was reported missing by
concerned co-workers on September 10, 1999. The Malaysian-born woman told friends and an FBI agent in the
weeks leading up to her disappearance that if anything happened to
her they should focus on her estranged husband, Diazien
Hossencofft.

Police built a circumstantial case against Diazien Hossencofft, 37,
and he pleaded guilty to murder in January
2002 to avoid a potential death sentence for the abduction of his
wife of seven years. But Hossencofft told authorities that Henning,
his girlfriend, did not participate in the crime and that he
inadvertently implicated her when he used a vial of her blood to
throw off investigators. Hossencofft says he agreed to let Bill
Miller and his militia friends kill Girly Hossencofft because they
needed to practice killing humans before the final showdown with
the emerging "New World Order." Hossencofft, who worked on a
master's degree in biological
chemistry, although he lacked an undergraduate degree, said he didn't know how
his wife was going to be killed for certain but admitted it was his
job to enter her apartment at a prearranged time and make sure no
physical evidence was left behind. Henning has said she believes
that the U.S. and other world governments are run by puppets
controlled by reptilian-alien masters, and was indicted by a grand
jury on 20 counts, including first-degree murder, kidnapping, tampering with evidence and perjury.

Diazien Hossencofft told Linda Henning that he was a physician, an
ex-CIA scientist, and had invented a cure for
cancer. He told others that he was 2,000 years old, invented a
youth serum, and had genetically engineered his son. Since his
arrest, Hossencofft has admitted to being engaged to three women at
once and to taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from cancer
patients for his "cure," which were in reality shots of vitamin B6. Henning, a 48-year-old fashion
designer, found herself facing a capital murder trial and the
possibility of being the first woman sent to New Mexico's death row
since the state reenacted the death penalty in 1985.

What Diazien Hossencofft wanted, according to his police statement,
was for his wife to drop any custody claim concerning his son
Demetri, a toddler born of an affair with a woman Diazien met in
Canada. Girly Hossencofft apparently never knew of Demetri until
Diazien returned home with the child after a trip to Mexico. Girly
Hossencofft's body was never recovered, and the case was won on
circumstantial evidence alone.

The verdicts

Hossencofft was sentenced to life in prison plus 61 years and is
serving his sentence in Wyoming.

On October 25, 2002, Linda Henning was found guilty of murder and
kidnapping, a combination that made her eligible for a death
sentence. The jury reconvened to listen to evidence in the penalty
phase of the trial, but ultimately decided to spare Henning from a
death sentence. Henning's sentencing was postponed until she
completes her third psychological evaluation. She was
sentenced to 30 to 83 years and is serving her sentence at New Mexico Women's
Correctional Facility.